Rude and bratty heckler says she’s not a rude and bratty heckler

Pat Cunningham

Sunday

May 26, 2013 at 12:18 PM

It makes me cringe — almost with a sense of embarrassment — when a political activist with whom I agree on certain points acts like a childish fool.

Such was the case the other day when Medea Benjamin (above), co-founder of the anti-war group Code Pink — repeatedly interrupted a major policy speech by President Obama at National Defense University in Washington.

Obama handled Benjamin’s rudeness gracefully (see HERE), but she won’t even admit to having heckled the president.

HERE‘s what she told Carol Costello of CNN:

“First, I want to take objection with the term ‘heckler,’” Benjamin ...

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It makes me cringe — almost with a sense of embarrassment — when a political activist with whom I agree on certain points acts like a childish fool.

Such was the case the other day when Medea Benjamin (above), co-founder of the anti-war group Code Pink — repeatedly interrupted a major policy speech by President Obama at National Defense University in Washington.

Obama handled Benjamin’s rudeness gracefully (see HERE), but she won’t even admit to having heckled the president.

HERE‘s what she told Carol Costello of CNN:

“First, I want to take objection with the term ‘heckler,’” Benjamin ...

Read more

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